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Alpaca

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API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform

Winter 2019Founded 2015150 peopleSan Mateo, CA, USA; Remote
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Alpaca is an API infrastructure and licensed financial services company that allows developers and businesses to offer stock and crypto investing to their end-customers. We work with more than 100 companies across the globe to enable their investing products, and our mission is to provide financial services to everyone on the planet. Alpaca’s globally distributed team consists of developers, traders, and brokerage business specialists and backed by a group of well-capitalized investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Unbound, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Y Combinator as well as highly experienced industry angel investors and founders. We are also very tech-enthusiastic with notable track records in open-source and startup communities.

Founders · 2

Yoshi Yokokawa
Yoshi YokokawaCo-founder & CEO

Yoshi is a co-founder & CEO of @AlpacaHQ alpaca.markets. Before Alpaca, he led a couple of other tech startups that focused on deep-learning and enterprise businesses. Before startups, he was a VP in securitized products at Lehman and Nomura followed by being a full-time day-trader.

Hitoshi Harada
Hitoshi HaradaFounder/CTO
FintechBanking and ExchangeDeveloper ToolsFintechAPIInvestingInfrastructure

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